10 December Tussles Worth Watching Koji Oishi and Honorio Banario will duke it out for featherweight supremacy inside the One Fighting Championship promotion.

MMA At 20: Japan’s Splintered Origins When it comes to reviewing the last 20 years of history on the Japanese MMA scene, there is one name predominantly involved from start to...

Tsuda Earns Quick KO, Nakamura Submits Sakuragi at Deep ‘Cage Impact 2013’ TOKYO -- Katsunori Tsuda needed little time to prove he deserves the next shot at Kazunori Yokota’s Deep featherweight title, knocking out Tatsunao Nagakura in the opening round of their main event fight at...

Fight Network Presents ONE FC: Total Domination LIVE this Friday, Oct. 18, at 7 a.m. ET (PRESS RELEASE) -- Toronto – Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 television channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports,...

ONE FC LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION SHINYA AOKI DROPPING DOWN TO FEATHERWEIGHT FOR NON-TITLE CONTEST AGAINST CODY STEVENS (PRESS RELEASE) -- Singapore: ONE Fighting Championship™ (ONE FC), the world’s most exciting mixed martial arts promotion with a 90% market share in Asia, has added three more fights to the blockbuster Singapore card set to take place on 18 October. In the co-main event, Japanese MMA superstar Shinya Aoki will make his Featherweight debut in a non-title contest against American Cody Stevens. Plus,...

Ryo Kawamura Smashes Kazuo Takahashi in Pancrase 20th Anniversary Headliner YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Pancrase celebrated its 20th anniversary on Sunday night at the Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium with a night of exciting fights...

This Week’s MMA Birthdays: Mirko Filipovic Turns 39 Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic was as feared as any fighter in his prime. | Photo: Daniel Herbertson/Sherdog.com He was once the...

This Week’s MMA Birthdays: Kazushi Sakuraba Turns 44 Kazushi Sakuraba remains one of MMA’s most beloved figures. | Photo: Taro Irei/Sherdog.com Few fighters have had a greater impact on...

Pictures: Vale Tudo Japan ‘VTJ 2nd’ Top Japanese prospect Kyoji Horiguchi overcame Shintaro Ishiwatari with a fifth-round surge at the latest installment of Vale Tudo Japan in Tokyo.

Kyoji Horiguchi Struggles Against Shintaro Ishiwatari at Vale Tudo Japan 2nd TOKYO -- Once again proving the merit of five round fights, highly coveted Shooto prospect Kyoji Horiguchi was on the losing end of his 135-pound affair with Shintaro Ishiwatari until pulling off a resounding...